Felipe Ribero y Lemoyne

Felipe Ribero y Lemoyne (1797-8 September 1873) was Captain General of Santo Domingo from 20 July 1862 to 22 October 1863, succeeding Pedro Santana and preceding Carlos de Vargas Machuca y Cerveto.

Biography
Felipe Ribero y Lemoyne was born in La Plata, Alto Peru (now Sucre, Bolivia) in 1797, and he served in the Royalist army during the Peruvian War of Independence. In 1824, he fought with distinction at the Battle of Ayacucho and, following the battle, he emigrated to Spain and went on to serve in important public positions such as Viceroy of Navarre in 1839 and Captain General of Santo Domingo from 1862 to 1863. He returned to Spain in 1863, and he was decorated many times before dying in 1873.